Pioneer Heights is a group name in the
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
, encompassing the large area of hills, ridges and peaks located eastward of Schneider and
Schanz Glaciers and between Splettstoesser and
Union Glaciers. Among these features are the
Inferno Ridge, the
Nimbus Hills, Gross, Buchanan and Collier Hills. The Pioneer Heights were mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
(USGS) from ground surveys and
U.S. Navy
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air photos from 1961 to 1966. The name was applied by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) in association with the name Heritage Range.
See also
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Mountains in Antarctica
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list.
Antarctica
South Atl ...
Geographical features include:
Gross Hills
Inferno Ridge
Nimbus Hills
Samuel Nunataks
Other Nimbus Hills features
Other features
* Buchanan Hills
* Collier Hills
* Donald Ridge
* Flanagan Glacier
Flanagan Glacier () is a glacier in the Pioneer Heights of the Heritage Range, Antarctica, draining east from Thompson Escarpment between the Gross Hills and the Nimbus Hills to the confluent ice at the lower end of Union Glacier. It was mappe ...
* Johnson Neck
* Mount Sporli
* Mount Virginia
* Rennell Glacier
Rennell Glacier () is a glacier, long, in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range. It drains northwest, to the east of Inferno Ridge, to join Splettstoesser Glacier. Named by the University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally ...
* Ronald Ridge
* Schmidt Glacier (Antarctica)
Schmidt Glacier () is a glacier, long, in the Pioneer Heights of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The glacier originates near Hall Peak and drains north along the west side of Thompson Escarpment and Gross Hills to coalesc ...
* Thompson Escarpment
* Union Glacier
Union Glacier (), is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The glacier drains from the plateau at Edson Hills on ...